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Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Feb. 26, 1 907.

Application filed March 20, 1906r Serial No. 306.959.

To all whom t may concern..

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. CHILDS, a

l citizen of the United States, residingat Berform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of vehicle-wheels which have spokes of spring material7 the objects of'the present improvements being to obtain greater durability and efficiency; to secure an elasticity which will permit a free move- -ment of the hub and yet the transmission of uncomfortable vibrations, due to contact of parts of the wheel with the vehicle-body, will not be permitted; to prevent the production of noise due to the frequent contact of such parts, and to secure other advantages and results,- some of which maybe hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts. The invention consists in the improved vehicle-Wheel and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and nally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

"Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate ecrresponding parts in each of theseveral iigures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehiclewheel of my improved construction in its preferred' form. Fig. 2 is a section of the peripheral parts-of the same, taken at line ,r of

Fig. 1.` Fig. 3'is a detail'view of a certain tire-block adapted to be employed at the rim ofsaid Wheel. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of a wheel of mediiied construction which may be employed under some circumstances. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the tireblocks thereof,'and Fig. 6 is a4 sectional view taken at line y of Fig. a, and Fig. 7 is 'an edge view of said Wheel. l l

' ln said' drawin s, 10 indicates the hub of' the wheel', 1'1 resi ient spokes .extending tangenti ally from saidv hub into engagement with the rim ol the' wheel, and 12 supplementary spokes fastened to the main spokes 11v at points about midway between the ends of said main spokes and extending from'thence to the rim.

13 represents the annular side flanges or plates of the rim between which are clamped or fastened a series of segments 14, preferably to a large extent 4of non-metallic matter, which segments comprise the tire of the wheel. Said segments may be of wedden blocks, as indicated in Fig. 6;' but inthe preferred construction the said sections or blocks are subdivided vin planes parallel with the major plane of the wheel, the subdivision being of pieces of lea-ther 15, with metal plates v16 inserted between the groups or Series.

The blocks, whether in single blocks, as in Figs. 4, 6, and 7, or composite blocks, as in Fig. 2, are in wedge-like Segments abutting" togetherat their extremities, the inner parts of their en'ds being recessed to receive the ends. of the Spring-spokes 1l, which are somewhat enlarged' at their extremities to enable bolt-holes to be formed therein without unduly weakening the said springs at their junction with the rim. The eyes or enlargements 17, Fig. 1, closely fit the recesses of the blocks and to a certainfextent .serve as keys cooperating in retaining the blocks in serial position between the annular side plates or anges 13 of the rim. The annular plates 13 are proyided with inwardlyvextending ribs 18, whichenter grooves 19, Figs. 3 and 5, and thus to a large extent take the inward pressure of the tire-blocks and render the use of many bolts unnecessary.

. When the segmental blocks are each composed of vseries or groups of leather pieces, as

in Fig. 2, I prefer to interpose the metal plates 16 at suitable points between, dividing said pieces, for example, into three groups, more or lessI the metal and leather layers or pieces being preferably bolted together through holes 20,-Fig. 3, so as to form a composite block, as before indicated, which is separable as a unit from vthe wheel and as a unitary block maybe inserted in its place" and clamped independently by the bolts 21,

which serve the double purpose of retaining said blocks in an anni' lar series and of fastening the Spokes to the rim. v

The spokes 11 extend 'tangentially 'away from the hub, each making an agee curve to the rim or tire to which it isattached.

, hub, the spokes having enlargements at their outer ends, the enlargements being provided bular center vpiece v101', t `103, 'and clamping-bolts 104, arranged in conf-nection with thefinner ends 'of the spokesprings, as shown in Fig. 1-. v The center tube 101 under the blocksl 103, and thus consists,v` preferably, ofthe tue flanges 102, blocks tube may be of one integral piece with the flanges 102 or not. The springspokes at their inner extremities have Across-heads or lateral extensions 112, which lie against the when, said blocks 103 are bolted in place between the springs 11 and between the flanges 102 said'blocks press oppositelyagainst the radial extensions 111, Wedging the same into rigidrelation with the coperating parts and with the hub and press down against .the lateral extension 112, so that the' spokes are firmly held from outward radial movement.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what I claim as new isv 'y 1. The improved Wheel com rising a hub, a series of springs extending rom the hub, said springs beingl enlarged rat their outer ends and having bolt-holes therein, a series of segmental blocks abutting against one another to forma rim, and having recessed portions to receive the enlargements on-the ends of the spokes, an annzilar rim-plate on each side ofthe rim, and bolts passing through the rim-plates and the bolt-holes in thel spokes.

2. The improved vehicle-wheel comprising a hub, a series of spokes extending from the with bolt-holes, a series of segmental blocks abutting end to end, thel adjoining ends of the blocks being provided with recesses to receive the enlargements of the spokes to bind them together, annular rim-plates arranged onthe opposed sides of the blocks to prevent 1 theirite'liai displacement, and bolts passing thron Hthe rimeplates' and extending through 3'. Theimproved Wheel 'comprising a hub,

ments being provided with bolt-holes, segmental blocks having their ends abutting and forming a rim, and having recesses on adjoining edges to receive the enlargements of the spokes, annlilar rim-plates on opposed sides'of the rim, the rim-plates having inwardly-extending ribs to engage the segmental blocks, and bolts passing through the rim-plates and through the bolt-holes on the spokes to seciire the-parts together.

4. The improved Wheel comprising a hub, spring-'spokes extending therefrom, the spokes having enlargements on their outer ends, the enlargements being provided with bolt-holes, segmental blocks composed of strips of material arranged longitrdinally in vthe blocks, annular' rims on opposed sides of the blocks, the annular rims having inwardly-extending ribs to engagethe blocks, the ends of the blocks abutting and being recessed to receive the enlargements, of the spokes, bolts passing thror gh the rims and the bolt-holes in the spokes, and bolts pass-l ing throi gh the strips to hold the strips together when the blocks "are removed from the Wheel. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing-I have here: nto set my hand this 17th day of March, A. D. 1906. v

SAMUEL S. CHILDS. Witnesses:

HENRY P. WITTE, WILLARD W. CUTLER. 

